Q&A:
Year
in
Review

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I
held
meetings
with
nearly
950
groups
of
Iowans
visiting
the
nation’s
capital.

I
completed
my
37th
year
of
holding
county
meeting
question-and-answer
sessions
in
each
of
Iowa's
99
counties
at
least
once.

The
Senate
Judiciary
Committee,
which
I
chair,
confirmed 19
federal
judges
to
lifetime
appointments.
Among
them
are
Supreme
Court
Justice
Neil
Gorsuch
and
12
appellate
court
judges,
the
most
ever
confirmed
in
the
first
year
of
a
presidency.

Four
of
my
bipartisan
measures
became
law
this
year.

The
,
which
steps
up
enforcement
against
perpetrators
of
crimes
targeting
senior
citizens;

The
,
which
aims
to
help
families
of
fallen
first
responders
receive
the
survivor
benefits
they’d
been
promised;

The
,
which
makes
certain
types
of
hearing
aids
available
over
the
counter;
and